Massive with microcline, albite, hedenbergite, titanite, scapolite in skarn units. Rarely as etched prismatic crystals in dissolution pockets with calcite, pyrite, dolomite, hematite.

Habit:

massive, rare prismatic crystals

Colour:

smoky, colorless, white

Quality for species:

Poor for species, only of interest for locality collectors. (#)

Abundance at site:

Very common

Confirmation

Validity:

Confirmed

Confirmation Methods:

Visually Identified

Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:

Titanite

ⓘ10 photos of Quartz associated with Titanite at this locality.

Calcite

ⓘ8 photos of Quartz associated with Calcite at this locality.

Scapolite

ⓘ4 photos of Quartz associated with Scapolite at this locality.

Hedenbergite

ⓘ4 photos of Quartz associated with Hedenbergite at this locality.

Dravite

ⓘ3 photos of Quartz associated with Dravite at this locality.

Phlogopite

ⓘ2 photos of Quartz associated with Phlogopite at this locality.

Allanite-(Ce)

ⓘ2 photos of Quartz associated with Allanite-(Ce) at this locality.

Hematite

ⓘ2 photos of Quartz associated with Hematite at this locality.

Fluorite

ⓘ2 photos of Quartz associated with Fluorite at this locality.

Garnet Group

ⓘ1 photo of Quartz associated with Garnet Group at this locality.

Data

Mineral Data:

Click here to view Quartz data

Locality Data:

Click here to view Lime Crest Quarry, Franklin Marble, Sparta Township, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA

Data Identifiers

Mindat Occurrence Record ID:

37775

Long-form Identifier:

1:3:37775:3

GUID (UUID V4):

1eadb892-9b32-48ab-951e-7f8ef9cdfe61

Nearest other occurrences of Quartz

0.6km (0.4 miles)

ⓘ Sussex Mills dike, Sussex Mills (Howellsville), Sparta Township, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA

4.9km (3.0 miles)

ⓘ Amos Sharp's Mine, Sparta Township, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA

6.8km (4.2 miles)

ⓘ Sulphur Hill Mine (Sulfur Hill Mine), Andover Township, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA

7.1km (4.4 miles)

ⓘ Fill Quarry, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA

7.1km (4.4 miles)

ⓘ Passaic pit (Marshall Mine; Passaic Mine), Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA

7.1km (4.4 miles)

ⓘ Andover Iron Mine, Andover Township, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA

7.3km (4.5 miles)

ⓘ Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA

8.1km (5.0 miles)

ⓘ Franklin Quarry (Braens Quarry; Moses Bigelow Quarry; Farber Quarry), Franklin Marble, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA

9.1km (5.6 miles)

ⓘ Davenport Mine, Sparta Township, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA

9.2km (5.7 miles)

ⓘ Ulvöspinel Locality, Sparta Township, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA

References

Moritz, Harold (n.d.) Personal Communication.

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	University] at 23:25 18 November 2014 hebest Uuarrv Sparta, New’Jersey ADAM WOLF JOHN RAKOVAN Department of...erroaxinite was first discovered at the Lime Crest quarry, Sparta, New Jersey, in 1993. Over the next two years...granite body exposed in the quarry; none were found in the adjacent Franklin Marble. All the material apparently...apparently came from a single axinite-quartz-calcitevein, fragments of which were exposed on the sides of...contained a 4 x 1 x l-cm lenticular cavity lined with quartz, ferroaxinite, and calcite crystals. Here we report
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